Twins at Chicago. Twins 4, Bitch Sox 1.
Boy, have I ever mentioned how terrific our starting pitching is? Have I? I'm sure I did, at some point. Because it's awesome. You heard me. Awesome. See, we're so deep in pitching that our fifth starter, a guy who wasn't even on the 25-man roster at the start of the season, out-pitched Esteban Louiza tonight. Seth Greisinger threw 84 pitches in seven innings; last month our pitchers averaged about that in two. Greisy—for really, hasn't he earned a nickname?—allowed one run over seven complete, that on a bad pitch to Frank Thomas.
But that's not the Thomas at-bat we should focus on. Let's think about the one in the 6th, where Thomas struck out looking to end the inning with Jose Valentin on first. Yes, the call was, you know, questionable, but really there's little that fills Batgirl's heart with joy like watching Frank Thomas strike out. He jumped up and down, too, a wee little tantrum that would have been adorable if it weren't so gosh darned bitchy. Said strike out helped Greisy get his first win since May 19, 2002—and the Twins their fifth win in a row.
It wasn't just Greisy. J.C. Romero, clearly pumped from the hot hot start of BULLPEN IDOL threw an eight pitch eighth inning, and then Joe Nathan—who perhaps Batgirl was rude to once upon a time, perhaps she was, and perhaps she is very very sorry—came on and got his fourth save in four games.
Oh frabjous day! The Twins starting pitchers have allowed eight runs in the last five games, and the bullpen hasn't allowed a run in four. Two weeks ago, our starting pitchers couldn't get into the 3rd inning, a week ago our bullpen couldn’t find porn on the internet-–and now, this week, it's all come together. Seven strong innings by a pitcher, a 1-2-3 eighth, and then on comes our closer to slam the door. How perfect! How exactly like a pitching staff should work! How rare and wondrous! And, may we ask—may we dare to hope?—that this rare and wondrous and perfect and pitching staff-like trend continuous? For if so, we shall smack the Bitch Sox, we shall smack them around, and we shall be glad of it.
Oh, and speaking of the Bitch Sox, the Twins have now beaten them seven straight times. Ain't life grand?
Posted by Batgirl at May 16, 2004 01:55 AM